Book I

Chapters I-XIV, sayings 1-635.

Contents

1. On Flight from Men and Silent Contemplation
2. On Fasting and Abstinence
3. On Reading of the Scriptures, Night Vigils, the Service of the Psalms, and Constant Prayer
4. On Weeping and Mourning for Sins
5. On Voluntary Poverty
6. On Patient Endurance
7. On Obedience to God and Man
8. On Watchfulness of Thought, Word, and Deed
9. On Love, Charity, and Hospitality
10. On Humility
11. On Fornication
12. On the Acceptance of Repentance
13. On the Fathers Who Wrought Wonders
14. On the Greatness of the Ascetic Life